11. Mainframe platforms where tape is used as both a backup and base load storage medium. 12. Hydro is load following and managing the peaks, with some response from base load thermal. 13. Peak demand refers to fluctuating, or varying, needs for electricity above and beyond base load levels. 14. The "'Nimbus Dam "'is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. 15. Base load power plants operate at maximum output.16. Hydro is load following and managing the peaks, with some response from base load thermal . ]] 17. Consequently, salt caverns cannot hold the large volumes of gas necessary to meet base load storage requirements. 18. It was designed as a base load plant, and generated about 10 TWh per year until 1992. 19. Using thermal energy storage systems, solar thermal operating periods can be extended to meet base load needs. 20. Base load power plants ( conventional coal or nuclear facilities ) take hours or days to start up.
